Sep/ Oct 2017/18 Season

SEP/ OCT 2017/18 SEASON

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Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Online Booking: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk September Page October Page 2 Sep 10.00am Come and Sing: French Song 5 1 Oct 11.30am Natasha Paremski 15 3 Sep 11.00am International Song Competition 4 12 noon Silver Sunday at The Wallace Collection 15 How to Book Preliminary Stage – Day 1 7.30pm Leila Josefowicz/John Novacek 15 2.30pm International Song Competition 4 2 Oct 1.00pm Paul O’Dette 15 Preliminary Stage – Day 1 7.30pm Anne Schwanewilms/Charles Spencer 16 4.30pm François Le Roux on French Song 5 3 Oct 1.00pm Peter Moore/Richard Ottley 16 4 Sep 11.00am International Song Competition 4 7.30pm Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra/ 16 Preliminary Stage – Day 2 Nicky Spence/David Tollington 2.30pm International Song Competition 4 4 Oct 7.30pm Cuarteto Casals 16 Preliminary Stage – Day 2 5 Oct 7.30pm IMS Prussia Cove 17 5.00pm Inside the Rehearsal Room 5 6 Oct 7.30pm Independent Opera Scholars’ Recital 17 5 Sep 3.00pm International Song Competition 4 7 Oct 11.30am Isabelle Faust/Alexander Melnikov 18 Semi-Final Round 7.30pm Isabelle Faust/Alexander Melnikov 18 7.30pm International Song Competition 4 Semi-Final Round 8 Oct 11.30am Isabelle Faust/Alexander Melnikov 18 7.30pm Ben Johnson/Tyler Duncan/Graham Johnson 19 6 Sep 1.00pm Exploring Russian Song 5 3.00pm Dame Felicity Lott Masterclass 5 9 Oct 1.00pm Lise de la Salle 19 7.30pm Xavier Sabata/Armonia Atenea/George Petrou 19 7 Sep 6.00pm International Song Competition 4 Final and Prize-Giving 10 Oct 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Bach Odyssey 20 7.30pm Pavel Haas Quartet/Pavel Nikl 20 9 Sep 7.30pm Gerald Finley/Julius Drake 6 11 Oct 12.30pm Chamber Tots 20 10 Sep 11.30am Castalian String Quartet 6 2.00pm Chamber Tots 20 7.30pm Sonia Prina/Paolo Spadaro Munitto 6 7.30pm The Endellion String Quartet 21 11 Sep 1.00pm Sophie Bevan/Sebastian Wybrew 6 12 Oct 7.30pm Eggner Trio 21 7.30pm Cuarteto Casals 7 13 Oct 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Bach Odyssey 20 12 Sep 7.30pm Mahan Esfahani 7 7.30pm Vijay Iyer Sextet 21 13 Sep 7.30pm Doric String Quartet 7 14 Oct 11.30am Jennifer Pike/Thomas Gould/Guy Johnston/ 22 14 Sep 7.30pm The English Concert/Kristian Bezuidenhout 7 Elizabeth Kenny/Mahan Esfahani 15 Sep 7.30pm Daniel Müller-Schott/Simon Trpčeski 8 3.00pm Jennifer Pike/Guy Johnston/Petr Limonov 22 16 Sep 10.00am Open House Day 8 7.30pm Jennifer Pike/Guy Johnston/Tom Poster 22 7.30pm Christiane Karg/Gerold Huber 8 15 Oct 11.30am Scottish Ensemble 23 17 Sep 11.30am Yossif Ivanov/Philippe Ivanov 8 7.30pm Roman Rabinovich 23 4.00pm Leslie Howard 9 16 Oct 1.00pm Anne Queffélec 23 18 Sep 1.00pm Fretwork 9 7.30pm Kristian Bezuidenhout 23 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 9 17 Oct 10.30am Come and Sing 23 7.30pm Classical Opera 9 7.30pm Christoph Croisé/Alexander Panfilov 24 19 Sep 1.00pm Benjamin Baker/Daniel Lebhardt 9 18 Oct 3.00pm Wigmore Study Group: Bach Odyssey 20 7.30pm Vox Luminis 10 7.30pm Angela Hewitt 24 20 Sep 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 10 19 Oct 7.30pm Jamie Bergin 24 7.30pm Nash Ensemble 10 20 Oct 7.30pm Roberta Invernizzi/Accademia Hermans 24 21 Sep 10.15am Chamber Tots 10 21 Oct 3.00pm Philip Higham 25 11.45am Chamber Tots 10 5.00pm Philip Higham 25 7.30pm Young Musicians from The Purcell School 11 7.00pm Philip Higham 25 22 Sep 11.00am For Crying Out Loud! 11 22 Oct 11.30am Wihan Quartet 26 12.30pm For Crying Out Loud! 11 7.30pm Phantasm 26 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 11 23 Oct 1.00pm Trio Jean Paul 26 7.30pm Vienna Mozart Trio 11 7.30pm Francesco Piemontesi 26 23 Sep 7.30pm Sir András Schiff 11 24 Oct 7.30pm The Sixteen 26 24 Sep 11.30am Nash Ensemble 12 25 Oct 7.30pm Carolyn Sampson/The King’s Consort 27 7.30pm Heath Quartet/Hannes Minnaar 12 26 Oct 10.15am Chamber Tots 28 25 Sep 1.00pm Amatis Piano Trio 12 11.45am Chamber Tots 28 7.30pm Argenta Trio/Vickers Bovey Guitar Duo 12 7.30pm Benjamin Appl/Graham Johnson 28 26 Sep 7.30pm Sir András Schiff 13 27 Oct 10.30am Family Day: Soundscapes and Landscapes 28 27 Sep 1.00pm Wihan Quartet 13 7.30pm Max Raabe/Christoph Israel 28 7.30pm Cristian Sandrin 13 28 Oct 6.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 29 28 Sep 7.30pm Robert Holl/Sir András Schiff 13 7.30pm Nash Ensemble 29 29 Sep 11.00am Schools Concert: The Chimpanzees 14 29 Oct 11.30am Steven Isserlis/Olli Mustonen 29 of Happytown 7.30pm Jordi Savall/Hespèrion XXI 29 7.30pm Sarah Connolly/Malcolm Martineau 14 30 Oct 1.00pm Florilegium 29 30 Sep 11.00am Family Concert: The Chimpanzees 14 7.30pm Mobius 30 of Happytown 31 Oct 10.00am Final of the 2017 Jaques Samuel 30 6.00pm Artists in Conversation 14 Pianos Intercollegiate Competition 7.30pm Tasmin Little/Piers Lane 14 7.30pm Elias String Quartet 30 4 • SEPTEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

JURY John Gilhooly OBE Chair Hugh Canning Kindly supported by the Kohn Foundation since 1997 Bernarda Fink This Competition recognises the song tradition as a Christian Gerhaher whole and requires contestants to perform in at least Soile Isokoski David Jackson three languages. At the same time it honours the Lied’s Graham Johnson OBE place at the heart of the song repertoire and celebrates François Le Roux the Shakespearean stature of Schubert in the genre. Dame Felicity Lott

Sunday 3 September Tuesday 5 September 11.00am and 2.30pm 3.00pm and 7.30pm Preliminary Stage – Day 1 Semi-Final Round Candidates will each perform a 12 semi-finalists will each perform a 15-minute programme 20-minute programme All day £15 concs £13 All day £15 concs £13 Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing List Please note there will be a break from 6.00pm to 7.30pm. If Subscribers (Ticket required) you would like to reserve a table for dinner in the Wigmore Hall Restaurant, please call 020 7258 8292. Book for the first three days at the same time Monday 4 September for £35 concs £30 11.00am and 2.30pm

Preliminary Stage – Day 2 Thursday 7 September Candidates will each perform a 6.00pm 15-minute programme Final and Prize-Giving All day £15 concs £13 Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall and Mailing List £36 £30 £25 £20 £15 Subscribers (Ticket required) Please note there will be an interval from 8.20pm to 9.30pm. If you would like to reserve a table for dinner in the Wigmore Hall Restaurant, please call 020 7258 8292. www.wigmore-hall.org.uk SEPTEMBER • 5

Related Events Saturday 2 September Wednesday 6 September 10.00am – 3.30pm 3.00pm – 7.30pm Come and Sing: French Song Dame Felicity Lott Masterclass Penny Desbruslais leads a workshop day Dame Felicity Lott passes on some of the exploring French Song. wisdom she has acquired throughout her JURY £27 concs £20 career. £8 concs £6 John Gilhooly OBE Chair Hugh Canning Sunday 3 September Bernarda Fink 4.30pm – 5.15pm Christian Gerhaher Soile Isokoski François Le Roux on French Song David Jackson François Le Roux explores the characteristics Graham Johnson OBE of both sung and spoken French. François Le Roux £5 Dame Felicity Lott

Monday 4 September 5.00pm – 6.00pm Inside the Rehearsal Room Ailish Tynan soprano James Baillieu piano Nigel Simeone presenter A musically illustrated talk exploring the relationship between singer and pianist. £6

Wednesday 6 September 1.00pm – 2.00pm Exploring Russian Song Julia Sitkovetsky soprano Iain Burnside piano Delve into the colourful world of Russian song and explore works by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. £6

Saturday 9 September 7.30pm 7.30pm Sonia Prina contralto Opening Concert of the 2017/18 Season Paolo Spadaro Munitto piano Gerald Finley bass-baritone Sonia Prina: A Celebration Julius Drake piano Programme to include: Schubert Prometheus; Geistes-Gruß; Jägers Falla 7 canciones populares españolas Abendlied; Schäfers Klagelied; Mahomets Gesang Berio 4 Canzoni popolari (fragment); An Schwager Kronos; Im Walde; An Seiber 4 French folksongs mein Herz; Im Jänner 1817 (Tiefes Leid); Über Songs by Monteverdi, Chopin, Duparc and Wildemann Poulenc Le bestiaire Ravel Histoires Gershwin naturelles Mark-Anthony Turnage Three Songs £40 £35 £25 £20 £15 for baritone Britten The red cockatoo; She’s like the swallow; Tit for Tat; The Crocodile Monday 11 September £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 1.00pm

Sunday 10 September Sophie Bevan soprano 11.30am Sebastian Wybrew piano Castalian String Quartet Trad/Irish The lark in the clear air; The stuttering lovers Gurney Down by the Salley Mozart String Quartet in E flat K428 Gardens Coates Betty and Johnny Britten Early Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810 one morning Grainger The Sprig of Thyme ‘Death and the Maiden’ Trad/Scottish Ae fond kiss Hughes I Know £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ Where I’m Going Gurney Edward, Edward sherry/juice Traditional Lord Rendall Britten The Brisk Supported by the Paxos Festival Trust Young Widow Grainger Died for Love Vaughan Williams The Turtle Dove Britten The Ash Grove Traditional The Water of Tyne Britten The last rose of summer All seats £15

Gerald Finley Castalian String Quartet Sonia Prina Sophie Bevan © Sim Canetty-Clarke © Kaupo Kikkas © Ribalta Luce Studio © Sussie Ahlburg www.wigmore-hall.org.uk SEPTEMBER • 7

7.30pm Wednesday 13 September Cuarteto Casals 7.30pm Cuarteto Casals Beethoven Cycle Doric String Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Op. 18 No. Haydn String Quartet Series 6; String Quartet in F Op. 135 Matan Porat Haydn String Quartet in E flat Op. 20 No. 1; String Quartet ‘Otzma’* (world première) String Quartet in C Op. 20 No. 2; String Beethoven String Quartet in A minor Op. 132 Quartet in G minor Op. 20 No. 3 *Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 grant-making foundation This series is made possible with additional support from the Haydn String Quartet Circle and the Wigmore Hall £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Endowment Fund Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and Thursday 14 September 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from John Lyon’s 7.30pm Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. The English Concert Kristian Bezuidenhout Tuesday 12 September director, fortepiano 7.30pm Haydn Symphony No. 39 in G minor Hob. I:39 Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Mozart Piano Concerto No. 13 in C K415 CPE Bach String Symphony in B minor Wq. 182/5 Mahan Esfahani: Bach Harpsichord Works Mozart Symphony No. 33 in B flat K319 Bach English Suite No. 1 in A BWV806; £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Capriccio in E BWV993; Toccata in F sharp minor BWV910; Toccata in G BWV916; English Suite No. 2 in A minor BWV807 £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Cuarteto Casals Mahan Esfahani Doric String Quartet Kristian Bezuidenhout © Molina Visuals © Bernhard Musil © George Garnier © Marco Borggreve 8 • SEPTEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 15 September 7.30pm 7.30pm Christiane Karg soprano Daniel Muller-Schott cello Gerold Huber piano Simon Trpčeski piano Es war einmal...‘Märchenhafte Sagenwelt’ Programme to include: Schubert Der Leiermann; Der Zwerg; Debussy Cello Sonata Erlkönig Schumann Aus alten Märchen; Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 Waldesgespräch; Auf einer Burg; Im Walde; £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Die Meerfee; Ein Jungling liebt ein Mädchen; Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Der arme Peter; Die Löwenbraut Pfitzner Free tickets for schools and Hast du von den Fischerkindern das alte 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Märchen vernommen?; Lockung; Gretel; Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote Ich furcht’ nit Gespenster; Nachtwanderer ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Mahler Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt; Rheinlegendchen; Hans und Grethe; Verlorne Saturday 16 September Muh; Ablösung im Sommer; Das irdische 10.00am – 3.00pm Leben; Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Open House Day Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools Join us for an opportunity to look behind and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and the scenes at Wigmore Hall, with free quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ performances and workshops at 11.00am, 12.15pm and 1.30pm. Sunday 17 September Free (no ticket required) 11.30am

Yossif Ivanov violin Philippe Ivanov piano Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Op. 12 No. 1 Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu cher Op. 42; Valse-scherzo Op. 34 Ravel Tzigane £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

Daniel Müller-Schott Simon Trpčeski Christiane Karg Yossif Ivanov © Uwe Arens © Simon Fowler © Gisela Schenker © Eric Larrayadieu Naïve www.wigmore-hall.org.uk SEPTEMBER • 9

4.00pm 7.30pm

Leslie Howard piano Classical Opera/The Mozartists Mozart Variations on Gluck’s ‘Unser dummer Ian Page conductor Pöbel meint’ K455 Louise Alder soprano Tchaikovsky Six morceaux Op. 19 Matthew Truscott violin Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat Op. 22 Alfonso Leal del Ojo viola Liszt Magyar Rapszódia No. 23 in C sharp The Mozartists Launch Concert minor ‘Rêves et Fantaisies’ S242/23 [Rapsodie hongroise I, first version] (world première) Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E flat K364 Gluck De’ sublimi augusti eroi from Il prologo Approximately 2 hours in duration (with interval) Mozart Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio K418; £30 £26 £22 £18 £15 Symphony No. 29 in A K201 £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 Monday 18 September 1.00pm Tuesday 19 September Fretwork 1.00pm Bach The Art of Fugue BWV1080: YCAT Lunchtime Concert Series 2017/18 Contrapuncti 1–11; Contrapunctus 14 (completion by Richard Boothby) Benjamin Baker violin £15 concs £13 Daniel Lebhardt piano Janáček Violin Sonata Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’ 6.00pm £13 concs £11 Pre-Concert Talk Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490) Ian Page discusses his future plans for The YCAT is grateful for support from the International Music and Mozartists, and introduces works in the concert. Art Foundation, the Anthony Nesbitt Fund, the Paul Woodhouse Fund and the legacy of Richard Oake for this series. £5

Leslie Howard Fretwork Louise Alder Benjamin Baker © James Yuanxin Li © Wendy Gillespie © Gerard Collett © Kaupo Kikkas 10 • SEPTEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 19 September 7.30pm 7.30pm Nash Ensemble Vox Luminis Martyn Brabbins conductor Bach, Arnstadt Richard Hosford clarinet Benjamin Nabarro violin JM Bach Herr, der König freuet sich; Ach bleib Adrian Brendel cello bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ Ian Brown piano Erlebach Die Liebe Gottes ist ausgegossen JC Bach Die Furcht des Herren; Herr, wende Nash Inventions dich und sei mir gnädig Stravinsky Concertino for string quartet Buxtehude Herzlich lieb hab’ ich dich o Herr John Casken Misted Land for clarinet quintet* JS Bach Cantata: Christ lag in Todesbanden (world première) BWV4 Alexander Goehr The Waking for clarinet, £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 bassoon, horn, violin and double bass** With grateful thanks to the Early Music and Baroque Circle (world première) Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools Sir Harrison Birtwistle Trio for violin, cello and and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John piano Maxwell Davies String Quintet Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 *Nash commission with the support of the Ernst von Siemans Music Foundation Wednesday 20 September **Commissioned by the Radcliffe Trust, the Santa Fe 6.00pm Chamber Music Festival and Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Pre-Concert Talk Swiss grant-making foundation Broadcaster and journalist Tom Service in Thursday 21 September conversation with composers featured in the evening concert. 10.15am and 11.45am Free (ticket required) Chamber Tots Into the Jungle We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their parents/ carers to join us as we head into the jungle in this interactive music-making workshop. 10.15am (1–2 year-olds) & 11.45am (3–5 year-olds) Approximately 1 hour in duration Children £6 Adults £4

Vox Luminis Chamber Tots Richard Hosford Martyn Brabbins © David Samyn © Benjamin Ealovega © Keith Saunders © Benjamin Ealovega www.wigmore-hall.org.uk SEPTEMBER • 11

7.30pm 6.00pm Young Musicians from Pre-Concert Talk The Purcell School H.E. Dr Martin Eichtinger, Austrian Kira Frolu piano Ambassador to the United Kingdom, explores Bradley Ng piano the history and revolutionary vision of Empress Sebastian Kozub cello Maria Theresia. Joseph Longstaff horn £5 Torrin Williams guitar Beethoven Sonata in A Op. 2 No. 2 7.30pm Alkan Étude in F Op. 35 No. 5 ‘Allegro Barbaro’ Vienna Mozart Trio Scarlatti 2 Sonatas: in A Kk24; in A Kk208 Liszt Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este from 300th Anniversary of Maria Theresia Années de pèlerinage, troisième année, Italie Mozart Piano Trio in B flat K502 S163; Tarantella da Guillaume Louis Cottrau Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor Op. 1 No. 3 from Années de pèlerinage, Venezia e Napoli Approximately 1 hour in duration (no interval) S162 No. 3 Kodály Sonata for solo cello Op. 8 All seats £10 Richard Bissill Lone Call and Charge Esa-Pekka Salonen Hornmusic No. 1 Dukas Villanelle Carlo Domeniconi Variations on an Anatolian Folksong Nikita Koshkin The Usher Waltz Op. 29 Saturday 23 September All seats £15 7.30pm The Purcell School (Reg. Charity No. 312855) Sir András Schiffpiano Friday 22 September Mendelssohn Fantasia (Sonate écossaise) in 11.00am and 12.30pm F sharp minor Op. 28 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp Op. 78 For Crying Out Loud! Brahms Klavierstucke Op. 76; 7 Fantasien Op. 116 Bukolika Piano Trio Bach English Suite No. 6 in D minor BWV811 Hear outstanding performances by musicians £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 from the Royal Academy of Music, in these concerts presented especially for parents or carers and babies under 1. Approximately 45 minutes in duration Adult £8.50 (babies come free)

Purcell School Young Musicians For Crying Out Loud! Vienna Mozart Trio Sir András Schiff © Benjamin Ealovega © Nancy Horowitz © Nadia F Romanini ECM Records 12 • SEPTEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Sunday 24 September Monday 25 September 11.30am 1.00pm Nash Ensemble Amatis Piano Trio Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin (arr. for wind Haydn Piano Trio in E HXV:28 (Bartolozzi trio) quintet by Mason Jones) Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49 Stravinsky Three pieces for solo clarinet; £15 concs £13 Pastorale The Amatis Piano Trio is a member of Bizet Jeux d’enfants (arr. for wind quintet) BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme Debussy Syrinx Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools Poulenc Sextet for wind quintet and piano and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ sherry/juice 7.30pm 7.30pm The Monday Platform Heath Quartet Argenta Trio Hannes Minnaar piano Małgorzata Garstka piano Nicolas Dupont violin Jörg Widmann as Composer–Performer Margarita Balanas cello Haydn String Quartet in B minor Op. 33 No. 1 Vickers Bovey Guitar Duo Jörg Widmann String Quartet No. 1 Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57 Julian Vickers guitar Daniel Bovey guitar £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Rachmaninov Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor Jörg Widmann’s residency is made possible thanks to Op. posth Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Pēteris Vasks Plainscapes Foundation, with additional support from the Wigmore Hall Rameau Pièces de clavecin Endowment Fund Falla Spanish Dance No. 1 Dodgson Riversong Jolivet Sérénade pour Deux Guitares Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor Op. 8 £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Presented by The Musicians’ Company Concerts (Reg. Charity) and Maisie Lewis Young Artist Fund

Nash Ensemble Heath Quartet Jörg Widmann Amatis Piano Trio © K Leighton © Patrick Ford © Marco Borggreve © Marco Borggreve www.wigmore-hall.org.uk SEPTEMBER • 13

Tuesday 26 September 7.30pm 7.30pm Cristian Sandrin piano Sir András Schiffpiano Brahms 3 Intermezzi Op. 117 Repeat of concert on 23 September Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘The Tempest’ Returns only Schumann Kreisleriana Op. 16; Gesänge der Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2017/18 Wigmore Series Frühe Op. 133 £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Wednesday 27 September Kirckman Concert Society 1.00pm Sponsored by LankellyChase Foundation

Wihan Quartet Thursday 28 September Kol Nidrei: Elegy for Pamela 7.30pm

Beethoven Cavatina from String Quartet in Robert Holl baritone B flat Op. 130 Cheryl Frances-Hoad Invocatio (world première) Sir András Schiff piano Mika Haasler Fugue for Pamela (world première) Schubert: The Complete Songs Cecilia McDowall To a Nightingale (world première) Schubert Pilgerweise; Das Heimweh; David Knotts At the Mid Hour of Night (world Glaube, Hoffnung und Liebe; Der blinde première) Knabe; Todesmusik; An den Mond in Roxanna Panufnik Votive (world première) einer Herbstnacht; Der Wanderer (D489); Freya Waley-Cohen Vitae (world première) Totengräbers Heimweh; Der 13. Psalm William Zinn Kol Nidrei Memorial (fragment); Hymne I ‘Wenige wissen das All seats £15 Geheimnis’; Nachthymne; Der Winterabend All proceeds from this concert will be donated to CAVATINA Chamber £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Music Trust. Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Sir András Schiff Wihan Quartet Cristian Sandrin Robert Holl © Nadia F Romanini ECM Records © Marklik © Gabriel Isserlis © Benjamin Ealovega 14 • SEPTEMBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Friday 29 September Saturday 30 September 11.00am – 12 noon 11.00am – 12 noon Ensemble 360 and Polly Ives: Ensemble 360 and Polly Ives: The Chimpanzees of Happytown The Chimpanzees of Happytown Reception & Key Stage 1 Family Concert Schools Concert For ages 4 plus Based on the book by Giles Andreae and Guy Based on the book by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees, The Chimpanzees of Happytown is Parker-Rees, The Chimpanzees of Happytown is Music in the Round’s latest live music concert Music in the Round’s latest live music concert for young children. for young children. Children £4 Adults Free (ticket required) Children £10 Adults £12 Book through the Wigmore Hall Learning department on 020 7258 8240 6.00pm 7.30pm Artists in Conversation Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Tasmin Little gives us an insight into her life Malcolm Martineau piano as a performer as well as the evening concert Strauss Heimliche Aufforderung; Sehnsucht; programme. Die Nacht; Liebeshymnus £5 Zemlinsky 6 Gesänge (Maeterlinck) Eisler Die Hollywood-Elegien 7.30pm Korngold Sterbelied; Unvergänglichkeit; Gefaßter Abschied Tasmin Little violin Copland From 12 poems of Emily Dickinson: Piers Lane piano Nature, the Gentlest Mother; There came a wind like a bugle; The world feels dusty; I’ve Bridge Violin Sonata heard an organ; Going to Heaven!; The Chariot Szymanowski Violin Sonata Op. 9 Britten A Charm of Lullabies Bliss Violin Sonata Franck Violin Sonata in A £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

Sarah Connolly Tasmin Little Piers Lane © Peter Warren © Benjamin Ealovega © Keith Saunders www.wigmore-hall.org.uk OCTOBER • 15

Sunday 1 October 7.30pm 11.30am Leila Josefowicz violin Natasha Paremski piano John Novacek piano Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini Sibelius Valse triste Op. 44 (arr. Friedrich (Books I & II) Op. 35 Hermann) Chopin 3 Mazurkas Op. 63 Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Thomas Adès Mazurkas Op. 80 Chopin Scherzo No. 4 in E Op. 54 Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 (arr. Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat Op. 83 Otto Wittenbecher) £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ Kaija Saariaho Calices sherry/juice Zimmermann Sonata for violin and piano

12 noon – 4.30pm £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 Silver Sunday at year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber The Wallace Collection Music Trust, with ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. As part of Silver Sunday, we invite people living with dementia and their family, friends Monday 2 October and carers to join us in the beautiful space of 1.00pm The Wallace Collection. Paul O’Dette lute Free (booking required) Book through the Wigmore Hall Learning Byrd La Volta; Pavana Bray; Galliarda; The Woods department on 020 7258 8246 or So Wild; Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home [email protected]. Johnson Omnino galliard; Delight pavan and In partnership with The Wallace Collection, Westminster Arts galliard; Carman’s Whistle and the Royal Academy of Music Dowland Farewell (on In Nomine); Farewell Bacheler Daniells Jigge; Mounsieurs Almaine £15 concs £13

Natasha Paremski Silver Sunday Leila Josefowicz Paul O’Dette © Andrea Joynt © Rob Stothard © Chris Lee © Jennifer Girard 16 • OCTOBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Monday 2 October 7.30pm 7.30pm Northern Lights Anne Schwanewilms soprano Symphony Orchestra Charles Spencer piano Adam Johnson conductor Schreker 5 Lieder Op. 3 Schubert Ellens Gesang I, II & III (Ave Maria); Das Mädchen; Nicky Spence tenor Die junge Nonne; Schwestergruss; Der Tod David Tollington horn und das Mädchen Liszt Lieder aus Schillers Finland 100 ‘Wilhelm Tell’ S292 (Second version): Der Fischerknabe; Der Hirt; Der Alpenjäger Sibelius Andante Festivo; Suite Mignonne Korngold Was Du mir bist?; Mit Dir zu Op. 98a schweigen; Welt ist stille eingeschlafen Rautavaara Epitaph for Béla Bartók Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Op. 31 Tchaikovsky Serenade in C for strings Op. 48 Tuesday 3 October 1.00pm £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

YCAT Lunchtime Concert Series 2017/18 Wednesday 4 October Peter Moore trombone 7.30pm Richard Uttley piano Cuarteto Casals Programme to include: Cuarteto Casals Beethoven Cycle Music by Leopold Mozart, Mahler and a new Beethoven String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4; commission by Jack White (in collaboration String Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’ with London Music Masters) Mauricio Sotelo String Quartet No. 4 Quasals vB- £13 concs £11 131 (UK première) Young Classical Artists Trust (Reg. Charity No. 326490) Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor Op. 131 YCAT is grateful for support from the International Music and £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Art Foundation, the Anthony Nesbitt Fund, the Paul Woodhouse Fund and the legacy of Richard Oake for this series.

Anne Schwanewilms Nicky Spence Adam Johnson Cuarteto Casals © Javier del Real © Raphaelle Photography © Chris Hudson © Molina Visuals www.wigmore-hall.org.uk OCTOBER • 17

Thursday 5 October Friday 6 October 7.30pm 7.30pm IMS Prussia Cove Independent Opera Scholars’ Recital Arvid Engegård violin Nika Gorič soprano Savitri Grier violin Charlie Drummond soprano Benedikt Schneider viola Hannah Strijbos viola Samantha Clarke soprano Mikayel Hakhnazaryan cello Katie Coventry mezzo-soprano Laura van der Heijden cello mezzo-soprano Matthew McDonald double bass Jade Moffat Tom Poster piano James Baillieu piano Mark-Anthony Turnage Quintet for piano and Bach Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV78 strings* (London première) Handel Mi lusinga il dolce affetto from Alcina; Mozart String Quintet in G minor K516 Son nata a lagrimar from Giulio Cesare Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘The Trout’ Brahms Die Meere; Die Schwestern; Von ewiger Liebe *Commissioned by IMS Prussia Cove Strauss Ich wollt ein Sträußlein binden; £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 Säus’le, liebe Myrte!; Lied der Frauen; Hab mir’s gelobt from Der Rosenkavalier Chausson Le colibri Massenet Je marche sur tous…Obeissons from Manon Dutilleux Chanson de la déportée; Enivrez-vous Roxanna Panufnik That Mighty Heart; Virtue Korngold Marietta’s Lied from Die tote Stadt Weill Lost in the Stars from Lost in the Stars; Jealousy Duet from The Threepenny Opera £15 conc £13 Independent Opera (Reg. Charity No. 1162432)

Mark-Anthony Turnage Tom Poster Nika Gorič James Baillieu © Philip Gatward © Sussie Ahlburg © Kaupo Kikkas © Kaupo Kikkas 18 • OCTOBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Isabelle Faust Season-Long Celebration

Saturday 7 October Sunday 8 October 11.30am 11.30am

Isabelle Faust violin Isabelle Faust violin Alexander Melnikov fortepiano Alexander Melnikov fortepiano Mozart Violin Sonata in D K306; Violin Sonata Mozart Violin Sonata in A K305; Violin Sonata in E flat K302; Violin Sonata in B flat K454 in F K376; Violin Sonata in C K303; Violin Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration Sonata in B flat K378 (no interval) Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in duration (no interval) £15 concs £13 £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ 7.30pm sherry/juice Isabelle Faust violin Alexander Melnikov fortepiano Mozart Violin Sonata in E flat K380; 6 Variations in G minor ‘Hélas, j’ai perdu mon amant’ K360; Violin Sonata in F K377; Violin Sonata in E minor K304; Violin Sonata in A K526 £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

Sunday 8 October 7.30pm 7.30pm Isabelle Faust Xavier Sabata countertenor Season-Long Celebration Ben Johnson tenor Armonia Atenea Tyler Duncan baritone George Petrou director, harpsichord Graham Johnson piano Catharsis Schubert Die Befreier Europas in Paris; Vivaldi Concerto in G minor for strings RV157 Romanze (D144); Trinklied; Auf einen Kirchhof; Orlandini Ciò che donò la frode... Alza al ciel Der Jungling am Bache; Punschlied: im Norden pianta orgogliosa from Adelaide zu singen; Die vier Weltalter; Fruhlingslied; Conti In te, sposa Griselda, mi uccido... Cara Winterlied; Der Fluchtling; Sprache der Liebe; sposa from Griselda Vivaldi Trio Sonata in D Der Schäfer und der Reiter; Fahrt zum Hades; minor Op. 1 No. 12 ‘La Follia’ Torri Vorresti Am Strome; Der Schiffer; Ganymed; Memnon; col tuo pianto from Griselda Vivaldi Gelido in An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht; Der ogni vena from Farnace Handel From Admeto: Blumenbrief; Blondel zu Marien; Sehnsucht; Introduzione; Orride larve... Chiudetevi miei lumi Die Sternennächte; Wehmut; Der Einsame; Hasse Viver vogl’io sempre per te mio dio... Or Dithyrambe; L’incanto degli occhi (D990e); mi pento from La conversione di Sant’Agostino L’incanto degli occhi (D902 No. 1) Vivaldi Mandolin Concerto in C RV425 Ariosti £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Spirate, o iniqui marmi... Voi d’un figlio tanto misero from Coriolano Monday 9 October Orlandini O del mio caro ben... Già mi sembra al 1.00pm carro avvinto from Adelaide £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 Lise de la Salle piano Bach Italian Concerto in F BWV971 Liszt Fantasie and Fugue on the theme B-A-C-H Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op. 24 £15 concs £13

Ben Johnson Graham Johnson Lise de la Salle Xavier Sabata © Chris Gloag © Clive Barda © Stephane Gallois © Michal Novak 20 • OCTOBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 10 October Wigmore Study Group: 7.30pm Bach Odyssey Pavel Haas Quartet Pavel Nikl viola Tuesday 10 October 3.00pm – 6.00pm Stravinsky Concertino for string quartet Ravel String Quartet in F Friday 13 October Dvořák String Quintet in E flat Op. 97 3.00pm – 6.00pm £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Wednesday 18 October 3.00pm – 6.00pm Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Take a journey through the incredible Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from John Lyon’s world of Bach’s keyboard music in three Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote afternoons of discussion and performance. ‘CHAMBER ZONE’. Throughout his life, Bach wrote more Wednesday 11 October consistently for keyboard than for any other medium, allowing us to trace the entire 12.30pm and 2.00pm development of his musical language through Chamber Tots this repertoire. His fame as a keyboard virtuoso led to the wide publication of works On the Train such as The Well-tempered Clavier, which All aboard the music train! We invite children became a formative influence on subsequent aged 1 to 5 and their parents/carers to join us generations of composers. The sessions for this interactive music-making workshop. are presented by composer Julian Philips 12.30pm (1–2 year-olds) & alongside pianist Laura Roberts, guest 2.00pm (3–5 year-olds) speakers and performers from the Guildhall Approximately 1 hour in duration School of Music & Drama. Children £6 Adults £4 Series ticket price £66 including 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert on 18 October

Pavel Haas Quartet Chamber Tots © Marco Borggreve © Benjamin Ealovega www.wigmore-hall.org.uk OCTOBER • 21

7.30pm Friday 13 October The Endellion String Quartet 7.30pm Haydn String Quartet in G Op. 54 No. 1 Vijay Iyer Sextet Bartók String Quartet No. 6 BB119 Vijay Iyer piano, Fender Rhodes, electronics Beethoven String Quartet in E flat Op. 127 Stephan Crump double bass £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Marcus Gilmore drums Sponsored by Lark (Group) Limited Steve Lehman alto sax Mark Shim tenor sax Thursday 12 October Graham Haynes cornet, flugelhorn 7.30pm Vijay Iyer expands his classic Trio with three truly great horn players, coming together as Eggner Trio the Vijay Iyer Sextet. The final night of the Haydn Piano Trio in E minor HXV:12; Piano Vijay Iyer Jazz Residency is one not to miss. Trio in G HXV:41 £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 Dvořák Piano Trio in E minor Op. 90 ‘Dumky’ Approximately 1 hour 10 minutes in duration £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 (no interval)

The Endellion String Quartet Eggner Trio Vijay Iyer © Eric Richmond © Keith Saunders © Barbara Rigon 22 • OCTOBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141 Polish Music Day Saturday 14 October 3.00pm 11.30am Jennifer Pike violin Jennifer Pike violin Guy Johnston cello Thomas Gould violin Petr Limonov piano Guy Johnston cello Chopin Introduction and polonaise brillante in Elizabeth Kenny theorbo C Op. 3 Szymanowski Sonata for violin and piano Op. 9 Karłowicz Impromptu Lutosławski harpsichord Mahan Esfahani Grave (Metamorphoses for cello and piano) Petr Limonov piano Wieniawski Polonaise No. 1 in D Op. 4 Krzysztof Penderecki Capriccio for solo violin £15 concs £13 (UK première) Jarzębski Concerto Primo, Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools Secundo and Terzo and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and Hanna Kulenty E for E Bacewicz Caprice No. 4; quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’ Polish Caprice Polak Gagliarda; Courante Anon Hajducki; Dance; Polonaise 7.30pm Paulina Załubska New work (world première) Goldberg Trio Sonata in C Jennifer Pike violin £15 concs £13 Guy Johnston cello Tom Poster piano Szymanowska Polonaise in F minor; Nocturne in B flat Eugeniusz Knapik Partita for violin and piano Górecki Pożegnanie (Farewell) Chopin Piano Trio in G minor Op. 8 £37 £32 £26 £20 £15

Sunday 15 October 7.30pm 11.30am Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano Scottish Ensemble Beethoven Rondo in C Op. 51 No. 1; Rondo in G Mozart String Quintet in C K515 Op. 51 No. 2; Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Op. 10 No. 3 Brahms String Quintet in F Op. 88 Haydn Variations in F minor HXVII:6 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ 13 ‘Pathétique’ sherry/juice £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 7.30pm Tuesday 17 October Roman Rabinovich piano 10.30am – 1.30pm Haydn Piano Sonata in G HXVI:39 Roman Rabinovich Memory Box Come and Sing Rachmaninov Corelli Variations Op. 42 For families living with dementia Chopin 4 Ballades If you are, or someone you know is, living with £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 dementia, join Isabelle Adams for a session of group singing, exploring a mixture of music old Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust and new, followed by tea and coffee. Free (booking required) Monday 16 October Book through the Wigmore Hall 1.00pm Learning department on 020 7258 8246 or Anne Queffélecpiano [email protected]. Bach/Busoni Chorale Prelude ‘Nun komm der In partnership with Westminster Arts Heiden Heiland’ BWV659 Marcello/Bach Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D minor Handel/Kempff Minuet in G minor Handel Chaconne in G HWV435 Scarlatti Sonata in D minor Kk32; Sonata in B minor Kk27 Bach Partita No. 2 in C minor BWV826 £15 concs £13

Roman Rabinovich Anne Queffélec Kristian Bezuidenhout Come and Sing © Balazs Borocz © Marco Borggreve © Benjamin Harte 24 • OCTOBER Box Office: 020 7935 2141

Tuesday 17 October Thursday 19 October 7.30pm 7.30pm

Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert 2017 Jamie Bergin piano Christoph Croisé cello Mozart Piano Sonata in A minor K310 Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 60 Alexander Panfilov piano Debussy Estampes Thomas Demenga New York Honk Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses Op. 54 Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 £20 £18 £14 £12 £10 Tchaikovsky Pezzo capriccioso Op. 62 Kirckman Concert Society Daniel Schnyder Jazz Sonata for cello and piano Sponsored by LankellyChase Foundation All seats £12 incl. programme & glass of Swiss sparkling wine at the interval Friday 20 October Supported by Swiss Cultural Fund UK, Swiss Arts Council 7.30pm Pro Helvetia, Migros Culture Percentage Concert Placement, Presence Switzerland Roberta Invernizzi soprano Wednesday 18 October Accademia Hermans 7.30pm Fabio Ciofiniconductor, harpsichord Angela Hewitt piano Handel’s Queens Handel Scherza in mar la navicella from The Bach Odyssey Lotario; Ah, mio cor from Alcina; Traditore, Bach Partita No. 3 in A minor BWV827; Partita traditore from Berenice; Trio Sonata in G No. 5 in G BWV829; Partie in A BWV832; minor Op. 2 No. 6 HWV391 Handel From Giulio Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV830 Cesare: Tu la mia stella sei; Piangerò; Sinfonia Returns only bellica; Da tempeste; Che Sento? Oh Dio!; Se pietà di me non senti £60 £50 £40 £30 £15

Christoph Croisé Angela Hewitt Jamie Bergin Roberta Invernizzi © Sven German © Mai Wolf © Giorgia Bertazzi © Ribalta Luce Studios www.wigmore-hall.org.uk OCTOBER • 25 Bach Cello Suites Saturday 21 October 3.00pm

Philip Higham cello Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007; Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat BWV1010 £15 concs £13

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Philip Higham cello Bach Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011; Cello Suite No. 3 in C BWV1009 £15 concs £13

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Philip Higham cello Bach Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008; Cello Suite No. 6 in D BWV1012 £15 concs £13

Sunday 22 October Monday 23 October 11.30am 1.00pm Wihan Quartet Trio Jean Paul Mozart String Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ Haydn Piano Trio in F sharp minor HXV:26 Dvořák String Quartet No. 11 in C Op. 61 Brahms String Sextet in G Op. 36 (arr. Kirchner) £15 concs £13 £15 concs £13 Incl. programme and coffee/sherry/juice.

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Phantasm Francesco Piemontesi piano Christopher Tye and Claude Le Jeune: Francesco Piemontesi Mozart Cycle 16th-century musical radicals Mozart Rondo in D K485; Piano Sonata in Tye In Nomine a 4; In Nomine a 5 ‘Beleve D K311; Piano Sonata in B flat K333; Piano Me’; In Nomine a 5 ‘Rounde’; Dum transisset Sonata in C K545; Piano Sonata in D K576 No. 3; In Nomine a 5 ‘Saye so’; O lux beata £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Trinitas Le Jeune Fantaisie No. 1; Que je porte With grateful thanks to the Patron, Benefactor & Supporter d’envie; Debat la noste trill’ en May Tye In Friends of Wigmore Hall. Nomine a 5 ‘Rachell’s weepinge’; Rubum quem a 5; In Nomine a 5 ‘Re La Re’; In Nomine a 5 Tuesday 24 October ‘Howld fast’; In Nomine a 5 ‘I come’; Amavit 7.30pm eum Dominus; In Nomine a 5 ‘Crye’ Le Jeune Susanne un jour; Quell’eau, quel air, quel feu; The Sixteen Une Puce; O Roze reyne des fleurs; Fracine Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale roze d’este Tye In Nomine a 5 ‘Seldome sene’; In Nomine a 5 ‘Reporte’; Christus resurgens; Monteverdi Beatus vir (Primo); O ciechi, il In Nomine a 5 ‘Trust’; Sit fast a 3 Le Jeune tanto affaticar che giova?; Laudate Dominum Fantaisie No. 2; Tu ne l’enten pas; Fantaisie No. omnes gentes (Primo); Salve Regina (Terzo); 3 (after ‘Benedicta est Coelorum Regina’ by Gloria a 7; Laudate Dominum omnes gentes Josquin Desprez); Revecy venir du Printemps (Terzo); Salve Regina (Secondo); Laudate pueri (Primo); Chi vol che m’innamori; Dixit £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Dominus (Secondo) a 8 Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 year olds at selected concerts, supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, with ongoing support from John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’.

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Wednesday 25 October 7.30pm Wigmore Hall Carolyn Sampson soprano The King’s Consort Restaurant & Bar Robert King conductor Join us for our Express Lunch The Genius of Purcell Menu, with a range of modern Purcell Sonata in Four Parts No. 3 in A minor; If music be the food of love; Music for a while; and traditional options. Trio Sonata in G minor; Not all my torments; Oh! 2 or 3 course menus available Fair Cedaria; Sonata in Four Parts No. 4 in D minor; Fairest Isle from King Arthur; Sonata in Weekdays 12 noon – 2.30pm Four Parts No. 9 in F; O solitude, my sweetest Table reservations: 020 7935 2141 choice; Sonata in Four Parts No. 6 in G minor; Incassum, Lesbia, incassum rogas (Ode on the www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/restaurant death of Queen Mary); Sonata in Four Parts No. 1 in B minor; If music be the food of love; If Love’s a sweet passion from The Fairy Queen £40 £35 £30 £25 £15

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Thursday 26 October Friday 27 October 10.15am and 11.45am 10.30am – 3.30pm Chamber Tots Family Day: Into the Jungle Soundscapes and Landscapes We invite children aged 1 to 5 and their We invite families with children aged 5 and parents/carers to join us as we head into over to join artists and musicians to collect the jungle in this interactive music-making musical and visual ingredients from the Workshop. galleries of The Wallace Collection, before 10.15am (1–2 year-olds) & mixing them together at Wigmore Hall to create 11.45am (3–5 year-olds) their own original work of musical art! Approximately 1 hour in duration Children £12 Adults £16 In partnership with The Wallace Collection Children £6 Adults £4 7.30pm 7.30pm Max Raabe singer Benjamin Appl baritone Christoph Israel piano Graham Johnson piano A Night in Berlin Lieder vom Orient – Songs from the East Max Raabe brings the biting satire of Berlin’s Schubert Die Liebe hat gelogen; Du liebst cabaret scene back to life, mining the Weimar mich nicht D756; Lachen und Weinen; Dass legacy of ‘Gassenhauer’ or ‘alley hits’, and sie hier gewesen; Du bist die Ruh Brahms 9 reviving movie melodies such as Marlene Lieder und Gesänge Op. 32 Schumann Aus den Dietrich’s ‘Falling in love again’. östlichen Rosen; Freisinn; Die Lotosblume; Aus den hebräischen Gesängen; Belsazar Loewe £40 £35 £30 £25 £15 Alles ist eitel, spricht der Prediger Wolf Sonne der Schlummerlosen; Nun wandre, Maria; Epiphanias Cornelius Die Könige Strauss Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Supported by the members of The Rubinstein Circle Part of the Chamber Zone scheme: Free tickets for schools and 8–25 year olds at selected concerts, supported by John Lyon’s Charity. To book, please contact the Box Office and quote ‘CHAMBER ZONE’

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Saturday 28 October 7.30pm 6.00pm Jordi Savall viola da gamba Pre-Concert Talk Hespèrion XXI Jonathan Cross, Professor of Musicology at Istanbul the University of Oxford, explores the music of Dimitrie Cantemir: The Book of the Science Stravinsky and his French contemporaries. of Music Free (ticket required) Cantemir Uzzäl uşūleş Darb-i feth No. 209 7.30pm Trad La rosa enflorece – Maciço de rosas; Alagyeaz tsar; Khnki tsar Nash Ensemble Cantemir Huseynī Semâ’î No. 268 Ian Brown piano Trad Hisar Ağir Semai; Ta xyla; Çeçen kızı; Simon Crawford-Phillips piano Ene Sarére Patricia Routledge reciter Cantemir Uzzäl Sakîl ‘Turna’ Semâ’î No. 324 Trad Paxarico tu te llamas; Al aylukhs Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp Cantemir Räst ‘Murass’a’ uşūleş Duyek No. 214 Stravinsky 3 Movements from Petrushka Trad Hermoza muchachica; O’h intsh anush; Ravel Introduction and Allegro Koniali; Una pastora Chabrier Trois valses romantiques; Habanera; Cantemir Huseynī Sakīl-i Ağa Rıżā España Saint-Saëns Tarantelle in A minor Op. 6; Tarantelle in A minor Op. 6; Le carnaval des £50 £40 £30 £25 £15 animaux for two pianos and ensemble with reciter Monday 30 October £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 1.00pm Sunday 29 October Florilegium 11.30am Telemann Quartet in B minor from the Paris Steven Isserlis cello Quartets (1738 Collection) Bach Trio Sonata in G BWV1038 Olli Mustonen piano Rameau Suite in D minor No. 5 from Pièces de Prokofiev Ballade in C minor Op. 15 clavecin en concerts Rebel Les caractères de Olli Mustonen Chanson Russe et Danse Oriental la danse Kabalevsky Cello Sonata in B flat Op. 71 £15 concs £13 £15 concs £13 incl. programme and coffee/ sherry/juice

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Monday 30 October 7.30pm 7.30pm Elias String Quartet Mobius In Beethoven’s Footsteps Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K581 Webern Langsamer Satz Debussy Danse sacrée et danse profane Bartók String Quartet No. 4 BB95 George Tsontakis New work (world première) Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2 Villa-Lobos The Jet Whistle £37 £32 £26 £20 £15 Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B flat Op. 133 £30 £25 £20 £15 £10

Tuesday 31 October 10.00am Final of the 2017 Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Competition The four finalists of this year’s competition will perform a 45-minute programme of their own choice including the compulsory work, Liszt’s ‘Au lac de Wallenstadt’ from Années de pèlerinage.

There will be a lunch interval from 12 noon – 12.30pm and the winner will be announced at approximately 2.15pm. All seats £8 (Free to Friends of Wigmore Hall) Sponsored by Fazioli and S.W. Mitchell Capital LLP

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